Scouting report: Holden Hernandez Carmenate (GM, USA)

841 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (837 classical, 4 blitz): 45% wins, 34% draws, 20% losses. FIDE rating 2479 standard, 2545 blitz. 17 games analyzed with Stockfish: 91% accuracy, 0.12 blunders per game.

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Holden Hernandez Carmenate

GM

United Statesborn 1984FIDE ID 3504387

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2460
2500
2540
2479 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Oct
2025
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Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2545
2479
2590peak, Jan 2008
841games
382wins, 45%
289draws, 34%
170losses, 20%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.3% average
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (66% in 254 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 47%)

Play against Hernandez Carmenate's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 841 games

Openings

841 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Closed1.e4 c5 2.c3 d610 games, last played 10 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Benoni1.d4 f6 2.c4 c512 games, last played 9 years ago75.0%wins
Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e621 games, last played 3 years ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 17 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
94.1%
Middlegame
91.6%
Endgame
95.0%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
27%
6 err
27%
6 err
18%
4 err
14%
3 err
14%
3 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 25 avg
0%
1-15
100%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
2
2
2
Few
Many
b6
2
c4
2
d5
2
f4
2
b5
1
b6/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

4 errors
#31
d6?? vs Henriquez Villagra
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#34
dxc4?? vs Della Morte
Endgame · OTB · 2020
#26
c5?? vs Obregon Rivero
Endgame · OTB · 2020
#27
c2?? vs Alavi
Middlegame · OTB · 2020

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
841 games in scope
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414 games50%W29%D21%L
Move
1. d4
2543y
51%30%19
66%
1. e4
959y
49%27%24
63%
1. f3
4711y
45%32%23
61%
1. c4
1516y
60%1327%
67%
1. d3
26y
100%
100%
1. e3
16y
100%
100%

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